Dennis R. Pedigo
NAME: Dennis Rowland Pedigo
ASN: 7083491
PLACE OF BIRTH: Coffee, TN
DATE OF BIRTH: 05 Jan 1921
DATES OF SERVICE: 02 Apr 1940 - 20 Oct 1945
UNIT ASSIGNED:
13th Coast Artillery Regiment (unconfirmed)
Company I, 3rd Battalion, 33rd Infantry Regiment
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Company A, 504th Parachute Infantry
CAMPAIGNS: Rome-Arno, Southern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe
AWARDS: Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge with Combat Jump Star, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Defence Service Medal, American Service Medal, Distinguished (Presidential) Unit Citation GO#22 HQ XVIII Corps with Oak Leaf Cluster GO#95 HQ 5th Army, EAME Campaign Medal with arrowhead and four campaign stars, WWII Victory Medal, 9 Overseas Service Bars
SUMMARY OF SERVICE:
02 Apr 1940 - Enlisted at Atlanta, GA
13 Apr 1940 - Departed USA for AM Theater
18 Apr 1940 - Arrived in AM Theater
?? ??? 1940 - Stationed at Fort Moultrie, Sullivans Island, Charleston, SC possibly assigned to the 13th Coast Artillery Regiment - 1940 Census
?? ??? 1941 - Assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 33rd Infantry Regiment in Panama
00 Apr 1941 - Contracted Yellow Fever
?? ??? 1941 - Company I, 3rd Battalion, 33rd Infantry Regiment transferred from Panama Canal Dept. to Caribbean Defense Command and stationed at Fort Read, Trinidad, BWI
01 May 1943 - Cpl. Dennis R. Pedigo, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 33rd Infantry Regiment completed the Trinidad Mobile Force, Jungle Warfare Course at Fort Read, Trinidad, BWI
?? Jul 1943 - Volunteered for the Paratroops
07 Aug 1943 - Departed AM Theater
21 Aug 1943 - Arrived USA
Graduated from The Parachute School, Fort Benning, GA
00 Feb 1944 - Smallpox, Typhoid, Tetnus immunization
13 Mar 1944 - Departed US for EAME Theater
08 Apr 1944 - Arrived in EAME Theater
15 Aug 1944 - Participated in Operation DRAGOON (Rugby Force) the Airborne Invasion on Southern France
15 Aug 1944 - Pvt. Dennis Pedigo 7083491 Hq Co 509th PIB, Manifest published 24 Jul 1944, Listed on jump manifest for Operation DRAGOON (RUGBY FORCE) Bn Plane: 14, Hq Co Plane: 5 Seat: 7
00 Nov 1944 - Typhus
21 Dec 1944 - Moves out with the 509th PIB to the Ardennes
21 Jan 1945 - Wounded in Action
12 Feb 1945 - Cpl. Dennis R. Pedigo, 7083491, HHC 509th PIB, Nashville, TN, GO # 6 - Under the provisions of 600-45, dtd 22 September 1943, the Purple Heart is awarded to the following for wounds received in action against the enemy: DENNIS R. PEDIGO, 7083491, Cpl., Hq Co, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, 21 January 1945, Belgium. Entered service from Nashville, Tenn.page 2
Assigned to A Company 504th Parachute Infantry as a Light Machine Gunner
07 Apr 1945 - Wounded in Action
16 May 1945 - Departed EAME Theater for USA
28 May 1945 - Arrived in USA
20 Oct 1945 - Pfc. Pedigo honorably discharged at Welch Convalescent Hospital, Daytona Beach, FL
18 Jul 1948 - Dennis R. Pedigo, Manchester, TN listed on Reunion LIST A
20 Nov 1992 - Bronze Star Medal awarded for having earned the CIB in WWII
